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THE TREE OF LIFE is one of the most visually remarkable films to come along lately, so those in the LA area who want to see the film on the largest possible screen should note that ArcLight Hollywood is going to screen the film once in the Cinerama Dome, at 10AM on Sunday May 29 (after that, Hangover 2 reclaims the screen). If Terrence Malick ever spoke publicly, he’d probably say that’s the way he’d like the film to be seen…
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Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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